What make of bridle is this?

[Lizzy3]

Hi guys,
I’ve been given a bridle but I’m trying to find out what make it is and I can’t find anything online. It’s a brown leather flash bridle with a round yellow badge with N in the middle. Anyone have any idea what it could be pls? Tia

 

[ester]

have you a picture of the badge?

 

[Lizzy3]

have you a picture of the badge?

I have but it won’t let me upload it for some reason I’ll keep trying.

 

[Lizzy3]

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0SCYIlhuLAvWz5gotiPAdlEZg#Normanton,_England

 

[Lizzy3]

I’ve tried this way but not sure if it will work

 

[chaps89]

Ooh. I have a headcollar with what sounds like the same badge on it, I've always wondered what make it is. Not very helpful for you I admit but will be interested if anyone knows!

 

[Kaylum]

It mught be http://www.northumbriaequineuk.co.uk/
I posted on here about that as well a while ago. Luckily had a saddle in with the badge and plate on so managed to trace it

 

[Lizzy3]

Hi, thank you for your help. I’ve checked on the website but it’s not the same badge sadly so can’t be them

 

[Mahoganybay]

Is it a new bridle? If it’s an old one, could it be a Naylor bridle? Derek Naylor (now Naylors Equestrian in Rochdale) use to make saddles and bridles, I’m not 100% certain if his badges were yellow with an N or green.

 

[Lizzy3]

Thanks for your help, I’ll google it and see if I can find the badge. My friend said she’s had it for 10 years ish but she can’t remember the make.

 

[FabulousFlynn'sMum]

I think its Northumbrian leatherwork, think shires stocked them but it was alot of years ago xx

 

[Lizzy3]

Thanks, iv checked online but the Northumbrian badge is shaped like a shield and blue

 

[Rosiejazzandpia]

Is it a Norton? My yard owner has the same bridle and has had it over 10 years. She thinks it's a Norton brand, though not sure where the Norton is from

 

[Lizzy3]

Thanks, that was my first thought too but when I looked online I can’t see any badge on the norton bridles at all so still not sure lol!

 

[Keith_Beef]

Here's the logo isolated from the rest of the bridle, and rotated.



I can't find anything like it on the Intarwebs; if it's old, whoever made it might have changed logo, or stopped working before the web was invented...

Then again, the maker might have put the purchaser's initial on the bridle.

 

[Lizzy3]

Oh wow that’s brilliant thank you! I guess it’s going to remain a mystery then lol but if it is old it’s been made very well and it’s a lovely bridle whatever the make is